Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2015)

Original title

Psiconautas, los niños olvidados

Directed by

Pedro Rivero, Alberto Vázquez

Genre

drama film, animated film, science fiction film

Country

France, Spain

Runtime

1h 16m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 164 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A shy birdboy and a young mouse girl try to escape their harsh post-apocalyptic island. The story follows their struggles as outcasts in a ruined world.

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What happens

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (Spanish: Psiconautas, los niños olvidados; also known as Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children) is a 2015 Spanish adult animated coming-of-age horror drama film written and directed by Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero, based on the comic Psiconautas by Vázquez. It is the follow-up to the pair's short film Birdboy, following the titular character, a shy outcast in a post-apocalyptic society, and Dinky, a late-adolescent mouse girl (18-19) fleeing her desolate island home. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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